Standard Lemma guide
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adj
Free: without charge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: costless, feeless, free of charge, free as in beer
Antonyms: see at nonfree
adv
In a free way: without charge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: costlessly, free of charge
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
without payment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: for free, free of charge
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gwerH- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *gwr̥Htós Proto-Italic *gwrātos Latin grātus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin grātiīs Latin gratisbor. English gratis Borrowed from Latin gratis.
